Best of
Realistic-Fiction

1970

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret


Judy Blume - 1970
    She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong.But none of them can believe Margaret doesn’t have religion, and that she isn’t going to the Y or the Jewish Community Center. What they don’t know is Margaret has her own very special relationship with God. She can talk to God about everything—family, friends, even Moose Freed, her secret crush.Margaret is funny and real, and her thoughts and feelings are oh-so-relatable—you’ll feel like she’s talking right to you, sharing her secrets with a friend.

Maxie


Mildred Kantrowitz - 1970
    On the day Maxie stays in bed because she thinks her dull routines are of no use to anyone, she discovers how many people rely on her performing them.

The Gismo from Outer Space


Keo Felker Lazarus - 1970
    It's part of an alien spaceship's radio...and what's more, they must return it. But how?How do you keep a date with a man from outer space? And when your father asks where you think you're going at 12 midnight, how do you explain?